Nakamichi Dragon $100 Craigslist Atlanta

halo71
halo71 Posts: 4,601
edited August 2010 in The Clubhouse
I posted this in the "misc audio deals" thread. But figured it might get more notice quicker here. Somebody local should snag this. Wish I could.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/ele/1880864234.html

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    It's mine!:D
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited August 2010
    John, don't you already have one?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    maybe if I knew what this did I would get excited about it.....:confused:





    :p;)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    tony millard wrote: »
    John, don't you already have one?

    I bounced it and made a few bucks to buy Mike's Rogue:).

    This one will be refurbed to the highest level and maybe hang out for a bit.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    maybe if I knew what this did I would get excited about it.....:confused:





    :p;)

    It is arguably the finest cassette deck made for home use, made at a time when cassettes were used to record vinyl for playback in cars or as a medium in it's own right. The one I had was damn near as good as a cd in terms of sound quality and still had the warmth of vinyl.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited August 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    maybe if I knew what this did I would get excited about it.....:confused:





    :p;)


    Nothing to get excited about.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Probably the best audio cassette ever built, Chris. ;)

    I had one when cassettes were enVogue, but they are pretty useless now. Cool retro museum piece or mantle piece. Still probably makes the best cassette recordings in the world but for what reason?

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    I had one when cassettes were enVogue, but they are pretty useless now. Cool retro museum piece or mantle piece. Still probably makes the best cassette recordings in the world but for what reason?

    H9


    I still have a cassette in my car, along with a trunk mounted CD changer. With this, I can transfer some vinyl to cassette and relive my quickly fading youth.;)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I still have a cassette in my car, along with a trunk mounted CD changer. With this, I can transfer some vinyl to cassette and relive my quickly fading youth.;)

    You can do that with any cheap cassette recorder. Any tape made on a Nak never sounds that great on another deck anyways. The Naks alignment and precision manufacturing made a Nak recorded tape sound dull on another brands deck in most instances. Especially car decks

    I just don;t see the point of buying a deck like the Dragon and paying thru the nose to have it refurb'd just to make cassettes for the car. To have that deck refurb'd correctly it'll probably cost about $500.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited August 2010
    It's still a cool piece to have! :(
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    heiney9 wrote: »
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    maybe if I knew what this did I would get excited about it.....

    It's about $300 in someone's pocket.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • kingcrab
    kingcrab Posts: 1
    edited August 2010
    It's mine. Got it tonight, 16 miles from where I am. Heads are dirty, otherwise in very good shape. Both capstans are turning, but the reels are not when Play button is pressed. Maybe just the idler wheel needs replacing. We'll see. Warren said somebody called from Indiana and offered $150 plus shipping. Oh well, too late.
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited August 2010
    people still use cts?
    mole'
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    Nice first post....


    Congrats.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited August 2010
    Nice deck.

    I have a Carver deck sitting in the closet that my wife wants to keep in case she wants to record a cassette for her car.
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2010
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    It's about $300 in someone's pocket.
    True enough they typically sell on Ebay for for $400-$600 not running.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2010
    kingcrab wrote: »
    It's mine. Got it tonight, 16 miles from where I am. Heads are dirty, otherwise in very good shape. Both capstans are turning, but the reels are not when Play button is pressed. Maybe just the idler wheel needs replacing. We'll see. Warren said somebody called from Indiana and offered $150 plus shipping. Oh well, too late.
    Least you could have done is keep it to yourself, not brag about how you got over on another member :rolleyes: thats going to make you real popular here.



    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited August 2010
    snow wrote: »
    Least you could have done is keep it to yourself, not brag about how you got over on another member :rolleyes: thats going to make you real popular here.



    REGARDS SNOW

    I'm not sure it was his intent to brag about beating one of our guys to it, how do we know it was a Polk member that offered $150+shipping?

    On the otherhand, if he only joined the forum to brag about snagging it...well, you get my point :rolleyes: That won't be looked upon too kindly here.
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    heiney9 wrote: »
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited August 2010
    :eek:......wow

    I didn't see this coming.:(

    I feel for you John.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited August 2010
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    I'm not sure it was his intent to brag about beating one of our guys to it, how do we know it was a Polk member that offered $150+shipping?

    On the otherhand, if he only joined the forum to brag about snagging it...well, you get my point :rolleyes: That won't be looked upon too kindly here.
    Well it was pretty evident from John's earlier posts that he either was attempting to buy it or had bought it and since he's from Boiler county Indiana I kinda put 2 and 2 together and concluded that he had bought it out from under John considering this statement
    Warren said somebody called from Indiana and offered $150 plus shipping. Oh well, too late.
    now of course the fellow might have been unwilling to ship in which case it wouldndt have mattered what John offered, it just seemed like bragging to me which leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

    REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited August 2010
    Well then, I stand corrected Snow!

    I didn't read the above posts....geez what a dick! :mad:

    Sorry to hear about that John!
    Truck setup
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    heiney9 wrote: »
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2010
    Since this cassette deck is considered very nice high end during its time. I wonder how would a Akai GX-F95 deck? I owned many moons ago and I would agree made super sounding tapes which completed with CD's at the time. I loaned it too a friend it since I had some tower speaker stolen and couldn't afford new speakers at the time it was collecting dust. I lost it over the years, but allows wondered about that deck.


    http://www.vintagecassette.com/Akai/GX-F95

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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited August 2010
    Yeah, kind of left a sour taste in my mouth as well. I got the impression that it was someone lurking just because of the fact that others in here post links to deals. And then to make that post...?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,726
    edited August 2010
    I don't think there were that may local Polkies that were really trying to get this tape deck. Its Craigslist folks. For local deals. Asking a seller to ship on Craigslist is inappropriate.

    Kingcrab, I hope you joined the Polk Forum to be a part of our community, not just to brag.
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    I t was me that made the offer, and I hoped the extra fifty bucks would help sweeten the offer because of shipping and all. Kingcrab joined yesterday... just to brag as evidenced by his first and only post and the tone of it, but I could care less. There are others out there and when one pops up, I will try again. I should thank him for saving me 400 bucks in restoration costs, that is IF it can be restored at all. I wish him all the luck with it as if he is unfamiliar with the Dragon, it will bite him in the ****.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited August 2010
    Yeah, but John remember what an **** you were you joined. You can hardly throw any stones as far as that goes.

    Kingcrab, I hope you are here to enjoy the club and not to brag. It won;t bode well for you.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Yeah, but John remember what an **** you were you joined. You can hardly throw any stones as far as that goes.

    Kingcrab, I hope you are here to enjoy the club and not to brag. It won;t bode well for you.

    H9

    Ummm yeah... thanks for pointing that out.:rolleyes::p

    I haven't flamed the guy nor have I thrown any stones, I have congratulated him and wished him luck, tinged with a heavy dose of dissapointment.:(:D

    I am willing to bet however that we well never hear from him again.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2010
    If kingcrab just joined to Brag that makes my crotch itch. Sorry had to go there.

    Really though wasn't getting the item enough? Seems like a real tool move to me.

    John, sorry to hear you didn't get the Nak Dragon but look on the bright side you probably saved yourself 4-5 hundred bucks.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited August 2010
    Thanks again for the support guys...


    Mods... time to close up shop on this one.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2010
    If you wanted this--why didn't you ask me or any other of the Atlanta area polkies to pick it up for you? Just a thought.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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